Ineligible player forces Taylor boys soccer to forfeit 8 games

CLEVES – The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the boys soccer team at Taylor High School will forfeit eight games for using an ineligible player this season.

The Enquirer has confirmed that Taylor will be appealing the decision.

The Yellow Jackets went 9-8-1 overall this season and lost to Wyoming Saturday in a Division II sectional semifinal.

The OHSAA said: "Cleves Taylor Boys Soccer used an ineligible student-athlete in 13 boys varsity soccer games, which resulted in eight forfeits. It was discovered that the student was in violation of Bylaw 4-4-1, Scholarship, which renders the student ineligible until the start of the fifth school day of your second grading period provided he meets the standard found in Bylaw 4-4-1."

Taylor athletic director Larry Herges told The Enquirer Thursday evening, "We're going to appeal it. We have followed the direction of the OHSAA and so we're at this point and we're going to appeal the decision."

Herges said the school will submit a letter to the OHSAA appealing the decision and they'll be granted an audience with the appeal board where "they'll allow us to say what we need to say and they'll render a decision."